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21 when it is all done, he takes roots | and ties them together in the 
middle. He puts them together and carries them | home to his house. 
When the tide is half down,| he takes his stone hammer and cedar- 
bark that he had soaked in the river and | carries the posts for the 
25 trap down to the beach, and he || puts them down where the beach is 
not very steep andwhere it is sandy. He | unties the roots in the mid- 
dle of the bundle, and he first takes out one | of the pieces four spans in 
length | for a measure, and he lays it down and he marks along it | in 
this manner.1 Then he takes it up and lays it down at one end of 
30 the || line, in this manner,'! and he marks along it. He takes it up 
again | and lays it down on the other end of the first line, in this 
manner,! and he | marks along it. After he has done so, he takes up 
two pieces | two spans in length, and he | puts them down on 
each side of what has been marked, in this way, 
35 and he || marks along them. As soon as this is done, 
he takes his stone hammer | and one of the posts 
three spans in length, |and he drives it in at (1); and 
when | one span and a half shows, | then he takes 
40 another one and drives it in at (2). When || the top is level with the 
first one, he drives another one in | at (3), and other ones at from 
21 qa‘s yiLoyodés liqéxs laé q!aplegox*widnq qa‘s wikiléqexs g-axaé 
nisnakwa laxés g-Okwé. Wai, gil‘mésé narnxsEg‘ilaléséda x-ats!a- 
xEliixs laé 4x°édxés prlpelqé Le‘wa dEnasé tléltalés laxa wa. Wi, 
li wik‘ilaxa LaLEmwayoLé qa‘s la wik‘ints!ésrlaq laxa L!mma‘isé qa‘s 
25 li wix*alisaq laxa k'!ésé dlamm tsédésa lixa éx‘stewésé. Wai, li 
qwelodxa yinoyityé Llop!eka. Wi, hé‘mis gil dax‘itsoséda ‘nzm- 
ts!aqé gayot lixa modp!Enk‘as ‘wasgemasé laxEns q!waq!wax'- 
ts!inafyéx qa‘s mEnyayowa qa‘s k-atlaliséq. Wa la xtidnlenéq 
ga gwiilég'a. Wa, 1a dagilisaq qa‘s k-at!alisés lax Apsba‘yasa 
30 mules ga gwilég-axs'laé xtildelendrq. Wii, laxaé ét!éd dag“flisaq 
qa‘s kk dilalices oes ipsbatyasa galé xtiltés g’a owiileg’a.! Wa, laxaé 
xtildntenéq. Wi, gilfmésé gwalexs laé Ax‘edxa malts laqé laxa 
matp !enk-as iwisgemasé laxens q!wiq!wax'ts!amatyéx qa‘s k-a- 
tEmg-alisés lax wax'sanddzExsta‘yasa la xtildekwa ga gwiileg'a (fig.) 
35 qa‘s “xwextildetendéq. Wii, gilfmésé gwalexs laé ix*édxés pelpelgé 
LE‘We ‘nEmts!aqé laxa daadizostie yixa yudux"p!enk‘as iwisgEmasé 
laxens q!waq!wax'ts!ana‘yéx qa‘s déx‘waliséq lax (1). Wi, gil 
smésé ‘nemp!enk’a la nélala LE‘wa nExsa‘yé laxEns q!waq!wax'ts!a- 
nafyéxs laé ét!étsa ‘nEmts!aqé déx‘walisaq lax (2). Wii, gil‘mésé 
40 ‘npmatox'wid LE‘wa galé déqwéséxs laé ét !étsa ‘nemts!aqé déx*wa- 
lisaq lax (3). Wa, Ta ét !étsa wadkwe close wellistiet lax (4)-(11). 
1 See eanines of cut on this page. 
